-1960s Bands-

Band: The Billy Cotton

Cliff Richard with the Shadows in 1961 on BBC, They were one of the guest acts in the first programme in the new series of The Billy Cotton Band Show. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/musictv

Singapore's pop scene began in 1960, when the Blue Diamonds performed, and really launched after Cliff Richard & the Shadows arrived a year later, thus launching the beat boom, with bands which were strictly instrumental. Most times, singers were an adjunct to the band.
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Band: The Beatles

The Beatles US album
Yellow Submarine was released, 1969
Source: http://raymondorado.files.wordpress.com/2007

Like much of the world, the British Invasion began with the arrival of the Beatles in 1963. It changed the emphasis from the instrumental band scene to self-contained units with singers and instrumentalists.
Strictly instrumental bands still flourished for a long time yet in Singapore – as there was a need for instrumental music in many situations. Groups were formed, signed, with records being released weekly.
Furthermore, in multicultural Singapore bands were playing music but singing them in English (which was the major language), Malay and Chinese. Therefore fans had three streams to choose from.
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Band:Naomi And The Boys

Source: http://www.tofu-magazine.net/
Pop stars of the 1960s influenced by British R&B included Naomi & the Boys, D'4 Ever, Antarctics, Mike Ibrahim & the Nite Walkers, Swallows, Ismail Haron & the Guys and Les Kafila's.
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Band: The Quest

The Quests picture taken in 1967 is of them on the steps of the Goodwood Hotel in 1967. Source: http://60spunk.m78.com/singaporean.html The Quest was touted to be the most successful Singapore group in the 1960s, having No 1 hits in Singapore, Malaysia and in Hongkong. Formed in 1960, the four members includes Raymond Leong as the lead singer, Jap Chong on guitar and Henry Chua on the bass, and Lim Wee Guan on the drums. Keith Locke joined the band as a singer in 1965. And in 1967, Sam Toh replaced Henry Chua on the bass. The band went defunct in 1970, with members going their separate ways. -------------- Band: The Jets Source: http://60spunk.m78.com/singaporean.html The Jets formed in October 1963 with a line-up reading Edward Tan (lead), Alan Poh (bass), Harold Chiang (rhythm) and Bertie Lim (drums). Thomas Ang sang with the band. The band signed to Philips and went to record their first EP, Aurora . It was released in May 1965, hit the Philips sales charts and was No 1 for three weeks. In July they released their second disc with Blues Away/Express Train/The Big Beat/Alice In Dreamland. Their third and final EP was released in August 1967 under the Lee Chong Record Company on the Blue Star label. The band broke up in 1968 but had a good and long run with three EPS under their own name. ------------- Band: A Go-Go Craze Charlie and His Go-Go Boys. Albums: Twist and Shake A'Gogo (left) A-go-go (right) Source: http://60spunk.m78.com/singaporean.html A Go-Go is another word for "Rock & Roll". In Asia in the 1960's there was no word for Rock & Roll, so Asian countries created their own word for it – A Go-Go. Singers in this genre includes Charlie and His Go-Go Boys, Rita Chao, Connie Chan and Josephine Siao. ------------------- Band: The Trailers Legend has it that at one performance in the Sixties, a female fan became so besotted with Benny Koh’s singing that she climbed on stage and with her red lip stick scribbled “Benny, I Love You” onto his trousers. That says it all. The hysteria a front man like Benny Koh was capable of inspiring. In the pantheon of Singapore Sixties bands, The Trailers rank up there with the best. ------------------------ Band: Pests Infested http://singapore60smusic.blogspot.com/2009/10/reunions-with-straydogs-pest-infested.html This well-known Band, Pests infested, was one of 'Rock n Roll' Band in the mid 1960s. The Band was formed by 6 guys. Just below this band, StrayDogs, have always perform shows with 'Pests Infested'. This makes both Bands well-known. -------------------------

Band: StrayDogs


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The Straydogs

Blues and R&B band, 1966-1978. Resident band at the Golden Venus Beat & Blues Sessions, 1967-1969. Hit single,"Cold Morning"/"Freedom" on Harvest. One of the first bands to break the cha-cha tradition at tea dances and play R&B. Original line-up: Ronnie Kriekenbeek (keyboards and harmonica), Dennis Lim (bass), Lawrence Lim (vocals), William Lim (lead guitar), Jeffrey Low (rhythm guitar) and James Tan (drums). Later editions included Sam Toh (bass), Terry Tan (vocals and keyboards), Jimmy Appudurai-Chua (lead guitar), Lim Thian Soon (lead guitar), Anthony Toh (guitar) and Henson Beng (drums)



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